We were shocked when the kids didn’t wake up until 7:15! They would have raced right out to the tree, but we made them wait until Grandpa got up and dressed. It wasn’t too long thankfully because they were really excited! After opening their stockings, we had family prayer and then the fun began.
The only thing Ben asked for for this Christmas was a remote control car. Every present he opened was a bit of a disappointment until he found his remote control truck! Then everything was right in the world. He just about vibrated! Guess we should have clued in that the rechargeable batteries would need to be charged for 8 hours! Oops!
It was fun having Grandpa here for Christmas. The kids were excited when he got a present to open!
Lennard had seen a beautiful foosball table in Costco and commented on how nice it would be to have it. Unfortunately, it was also over $400! When I was Christmas shopping I ended up finding this tabletop foosball table, so that’s what Lennard got for Christmas! He got a good laugh out of it.
The kids got spoiled (as usual). It was such a nice relaxing day. We were able to just hang out and play with games/toys all afternoon.
I had to laugh as I took this photo. Ben sitting on Lennard and Emma laying right beside them and mess all around. Totally perfect Christmas afternoon! The only thing that would have made it a bit better is if I’d managed to get in even one photo… Once again, I am the phantom mom… always behind the camera and rarely in front of it!
Ben got Nerf guns and I think Lennard has as much fun (or more) with them than Ben did! He taught the kids how to lick the ends of the suction cups so that they would stick on the wall. We ended up with darts everywhere! Of course, they thought it was hilarious to shoot me too!
Truly, this has been a wonderful day. I wish we hadn’t all been sick this past week, but thankfully everyone did well today and had lots of fun.
We went out to my parents house for dinner tonight and enjoyed spending time there too.
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